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1.	Kenya: Responding to domestic violence
	Author: Kinuthia Mburu	Date Written: 13 July 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Daily Nation, Kenya
	Secondary Category: Kenya	Source URL: http://www.nation.co.ke/
	Key Words: Kenya, women, domestic violence,
	Summary & Comment: Victoria Juma’s account of domestic violence is one that is not unique to Kenya. Here, Kinuthia Mburu explores the devastating world of several women and why it is difficult for them to leave home. She offers her help to those suffering this injustice. DH
2.	Zambia: Women welcome Gender Equality Commission
	Author: Ruth Langa, Lusaka	Date Written: 12 July 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: IPS News
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://ipsnews.net/africa
	Key Words: Zambia, women, Equality Commission, NGOCC,
	Summary & Comment: The Zambian National Constitution Conference has adopted a clause for the creation of a Gender Equality Commission. Given entrenched cultural beliefs about women’s subservient role in society, the constitutionally-sanctioned commission will have clear terms of reference to monitor all organs of Zambian society in order to ensure that gender equalit . . . [expand]
3.	Uganda: Sex workers demand rights, not rescue
	Author: PlusNews, Kampala	Date Written: 8 July 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: IRIN/Plus News
	Secondary Category: Health and AIDS	Source URL: http://www.plusnews.org
	Key Words: Uganda, HIV/AIDS, sex workers, stigma, rights, health,
	Summary & Comment: The Women’s Organization Network for Human Rights Advocacy aims to decriminalize sex work in Uganda, distinguish between forced and voluntary sex work, and empower sex workers to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. Through Akina Mama wa Afrika, WONETHA’s members learn leadership and advocacy skills to articulate their needs . . . [expand]
4.	Uganda: Gay activist decapitated and dismembered
	Author: Kevin P.Q. Phelan	Date Written: 7 July 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Médecins Sans Frontierès
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.msf.org
	Key Words: Uganda, gay, activist, stigma, violence,
	Summary & Comment: An activist volunteer with the LGBT advocacy group, Integrity Uganda who was mobilising young LGBT people in activities that build community capacity to face up to the challenge of homophobia in the areas of attitude change and care through drama and sports activities has been decapitated and dismembered on a remote farm. DN
5.	Zambia: Need to mainstream gender equality into all policies
	Author: Kelvin Kachingwe, Lusaka	Date Written: 2 July 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: IPS News, Women in Politics Newsletter
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net
	Key Words: Zambia, gender equality, policies, mainstream,
	Summary & Comment: Gender equity can be achieved with pro-active policies that include resource allocation and incentives by gender; however, gender is ignored when setting governemnt targets for programmes such as access to land and credit. DN
6.	Gender meet ends with creation of new U.N. Women
	Author: United Nations, Hannah Rubenstein	Date Written: 2 July 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: IPS
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL:
	Key Words: women, UN, MDGs, parity, gender equality,
	Summary & Comment: Women are disproportionately affected by many crises and challenges and provide significant leadership in decision-making regarding appropriate responses. The establishment of an official United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, or U.N. Women to provide leadership and to mainstream women’s issues in a coherent and foc . . . [expand]
7.	Uganda: Challenging culture in HIV/AIDS campaigns
	Author: PlusNews, Kampala	Date Written: 30 June 2010
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: IRIN/Plus News
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.plusnews.org/
	Key Words: Uganda, HIV/AIDS, education, culture, campaigns,
	Summary & Comment: "We have uncritically bought into the risky, cultural practices frame which is racist, moralistic, and paternalistic," says a sociologist and feminist professor at Makerere University. "African countries have bought wholesale into a paternalistic attitude towards their cultures," she adds. DN